The New York Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1863, Page 1

os WHOLE NO. 9796. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1863. THE EXPECTED BATTLE. Engagement and Defeat of the Rebels Near Sharpsburg. Reported Evacuation of Hagerstown by the Enemy. Lee’s Army Retreating To- wards Williamsport. HEAVY SKIRMISHING ALONG THE LINES, Our Cavalry Forces Actively at Work on * the Bnemy’s Planks, @eneral GCouch’s Militia Army Anzious for Battle, ae., ae, ae, WEWS FROM THP ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. ‘Haapquarrees oy tas ARwy OF THR Potomac, daly 11, 1863. } ‘There has been no fighting to-day beyond a few unim- Portant skirmishes. General. Meade's forces are in & position to advance and @lve Datiie when the proper bour arrives. SHARP ENGAGEMENT AT SHARPSBURG. Haceamown, Md., July 11, 1863. Asbarp engagement bas been tought, in which our arms have been succersful. The fight comme: ced i ear @harpeburg at daybreak yesterday, and continued until ‘Bbout six P. M., when Genera) Longstrect’s division evinced confusion, and our Army of the Potomac drove ‘them steadily from every position, continuing 10 pursue Gor some miles. ‘The rebels fought steadily at first, but wildly in the @nd, and it was evident that their ammunition was run- fming short and they wer: retreating. & pontoon bridge, upon which the rebels were about to rons the river, was destroyed by our crv 'ry and artil lery, it is reported, vo the utter couet«rnation and sur- [prise of the enemy. About eight o'clock last night the cry was raised that ‘the “Yunkees are comin;,” and prep: ration; were made ‘at once by the rebels 10 evacuate the town, which tooK place at midnight. Generals Lee, Longstreet and Ewell ‘were the last rebel officers to leave the city. Ibave relisbie information that the rebels have re- Qrented to Wilsam:port, where they bope to make an- @ther stand. | ‘The battle was fouzht. by only a po-tion of our army, end the victory is, thereiore, the more glorious, ‘The engagement ws brough: on, 1 understand, by @enera) K:ipatrick. He sdvanced op Thursday with bie @avairy brigade, but Godin; the .o:ce entirely too heavy ‘Ser bim he fel) back and awaited tbe comiog up Of the in- Santry supports. Genera) Couch’s forces are aivancing. ‘We have bad several slignt akirmish«s on the Antietam, @aring the last twenty-four bours, wtb. litte injury on Oar pide. SKIRMISH NEAR FUNKSTOWN. ‘Frap? 1a, Ma. , Jaly 12, 2863. @ vobet detiery near Funkstowm opened at two @eleck yesteré.y aiternoon op s part of Buford’s and MBpetriek’s cavalry. Two rebel yuns were dismount- 90 and tho rebels wore driven from the bill. Our in‘apiry Ween etvanced, and when eer messeacer left both sides were sharply engaged. Our sirmisbers wore driven back Gy the reve) skirmisters. + [ee cannot cross the Potomac, even if be bed the means end .e clear way before him. He is too hard pressed by (hate. Lee must keep every man he bas to resist our ‘Chheah. Séeet, Birney, of Costar’s cavalry, escaped from the (Qetels op Thursday. He saye that Gen. Lee's army is (Peatly Cworganised and suffering for provisions. (game 00 enable them to cecape the betier. Those rebels ‘@hy dave arms are short of ammunition. Appearances indicate that a great baitie will be fought (@@ Botur day or Buaday. Aseounte represent that Geperal Lee ia prepared for (Be Battle, with o large force, ocar Hazersiown. (Ow army is tp Ove concition and spirits. » POSITION OF THE KEBEL FORCES. Faspewce, Md., July 11, 1869. $e reports wm circulation here this a‘ternoon of the Pellets falling beck and crowing the river at Williams. oie. ena were telegrapbed to the press, are ‘The faces are that the rebels have syd io their lines to Punkelowo, whic pisce they to-night. ‘General Lee's headquarters are at Hagerstown. The poskiva of the rebel army t+ the same 0 yenter Gay ; 10091 that they teve slight!y drawn im their lices of pickets. Mething has ocourred 0-day worthy of pve. To mr. cow, Deimg Sunday, a geveral figdt will probab'y take Gaese BrroRTs OF THE REBELS TO CROSS THE POLOMAG. pr? Miprerowe, Md., July 10, 1868, Wem this village, } learn rome interesting items. ? My teformant spent yesterday within the rede) lines, eaving Been arrested on tbe mountains by a rebel picket, tnd enrried to the headquarters of their Provost Guard @& Venkstown, under the scpp sition that he was a de. Sarter from the rebel cervico. He states that the rebels ‘wore Durily engaged in the Copsiruction of pontoos boate, @r thie purpose ripping ap floors, tearing off clap- @earés, and geveraily demolishing the buildings. The Widters wiih whom be conversed expressed but litte feope of ever getting across the Potomac again end appeared downbearted and discouraged at their #ita attos. They were especially nervous and anxious about theie supplies, baving seen nothing of their trains for (ne (past Give days, and the wurrounding coantry baving been flresdy eaten out. Proas weet be could learn, my informant believes that Ge rodels wore entrenching theruselver at Hagerstown , @R4 Would make 4 desperate st od at that point. Reavy ring bas be. p beard from that direetion all day to day, tadteat ng the progress of anoth +t contest. THE REBELS INTRENCHING. Reorrwone, Md. , July 10, 1663, ‘The tw) armies are confronting exch other. The rebels buid Funk town, two miles from Hegere town. The rebel Itne extence to the river and covers Wilijams The rebels are said to be intrenching ther porition, Genera! fee's headquarters are at Magerstown. CHANGE IN THE REBEL LINES. Poownovo, Md., July 10 A. M. AN ie quiet ot the front Ute morning. Dering eet MIELE the rebels eutirely chang d their hiner, abandoning position at the right (rom Funketown and Hager. » Rod falling back to St. James’ College, four miles the river. inere does not epprar mich prospect of ry Mangement 10.4) cavalry are at work feeling the new rete! lines, ‘Thile morning there was vary cavairy ekirminh on he Hogerstown rad, We drove the rebels acrome An Gore creek and three mies beyond, when the perition 8 Punkatows wor decovered REPORTED BATTL®: AT HAGESSTOWN, Hemumrone, Pa, Joly 1), ees. Scene of the Present Movements and Operations H GETTERSBURG| ALLING WATERS “a REDE ON Generals Meade and Lee. Re \ BOONSBORO aS fp KEEDYSVILL ys \ PORTERS ‘ S f Min ALE OF MILES Clsive batite did not occur to-day. There wes heavy skirmightng between Boovsboro and the Antietam, end more br less along the whole live, Wo bave wo sccount of the details, however. 18 te now certain that the exemy will not contest se rlously the passage of the antietatn, as they bave fallen back behind that stream, destroying the bridges. It is very much swollen, like the Potomac, and the delay in attacking the enemy ie presumed to be caused by this impediment. Heavy rain contioued to fail here al) last night, and the rivers are es high as ever. The rebel position is the same as yesterday, so far ae ascertained , Dut there is £0 ieteliigence of what ihe evemy may be doing in the vietwity of Williamsport. Oar army is more concentrated than it has been hither to, and stronger thon when it fought the battle of Gettys burg. ‘ Persone from (hamberaburg report hearing a cannonade | | Coueb, tp the direction of Hagerstown to day. The town is filled with reports of a baitle at Hagerstown, but there ie no account of any at headquarters. It te the general conviction that the great battle wili take place to-morrow. Yesterday evening and last night (he rebels bad scout ing and eves foraging parties out in all directions between Waynesboro and Greencastle, and between Waynesboro fod Boonsboro, There did rome damage to the farmers 40d their properry. It t evident that General Smith ie desirone of aifording the militiamen every opportanity of distinguishing themselves in @ fght. They will be sam. tained by veteban troope. Waynesboro is fajl of people (rom the North in teareh: of @ battle (hid. They crowd the howls, drink villaqous whiskey, and make more solse and ebow \oan al! eee besides in the town. There ® mneh that 1 could send you of crest inierest, Dot It 6 of ® coptraband character just pow THE REPEL ARMY FALLING BACK. Cosmmmnmnona, Pa, Joly 11, 1869 General Lee'y army whien ham been oceupying & yor) won arcood hg) Mom for the paat lo 1 days commen to more ai five OO Ch inet evening. * Sentara de MATT savevtalien, iar erased one do ' As BacmenienD the bes ane Aixiéod, > veTID 9 taking the road to Williameport, 10 | another portion muy ing out on te pational road towards Clear Bpriog What the intontiane of the revela are ia pot fully de fined at this time. a ‘That portion of the rebel army which (ook the Clear | Spring road may take the joterior road, in the direction of Williamsport, Ave miles out, Severs: parties have arrived here who left Hage at nine o'clock this morning, aud alleged (hat there are vo rebels ta that vicinity. It te not known that the Potomee river is pet for’ and jt is feared that General Lee had devised some m of making his escape, or that be may be moving oc Aas Cock, hoping to gain suMelent time for the river \o fall, and thus avoid giving battle. Two hundred and ten rebel prisoners left bere (o day for Harrisburg. General Dana arrived here to-day for the purport of taking command of one of the divisious ander (eners! te General Conch’ beadyarters are bere He will take command of (he Woops in pereon. SKIRMISHING NEAR CHAMDERSBURG. Cuannenmwone, Pa. July 11 189 ‘This town has indeed aseumed military appearance both fn activity and ja more ways theo it #eae ly judicious to mention. Coneral Couch te stopping at the Prank! u Neve Skirmisher a. Srevalent jo the direction and neighbor hood near here but I do net {hit (hey amon ne then the ordinary encoun ers woWeut wa revcub: t+ ACTIVITY AT BHIPPENSEURG. 7’ SWirraweeee, Pa. July 11, lee burinces. % inrge rie borg tonight. Raliroad commudiontion ends bere for the present, elec elegraph communica oo, THE MILITIA ANXIOU8 FOR BATTIF Pewee Paste, larre Weer PRaxen, wasn Wavemneomo, July | Fiver Hinee let evening, when & report wast am io | that the enemy were advancing cor army. or thal pom | 00 Ot thie polet, hae been oo line of battle Tim (roope although miltie men te @ grest extent, are wus our oro adi Tt | devgeant WC. Wile W, tert Witt | Sergent FA. Gee 00. 1 tt | Mergeane t} * A wep phil LAS UR, = 'N, Aa 7 frowersv L.3 bart \ SS m mA = fo the muscle, afier having tramped it for near one week over mountains and bill, and through valleys and sec tions of country anything but eulted to army move mente. At thie Line a battle is booriy expected. It le earnest ly believed [t will take place tomorrow. Weeam bave Afight here whenever we want it by advanciag® few miles, and if the engagement is deferred \t wil! be for pru ential rearous, and reasons oot Known Ww the enemy or public generally The enemy is in force from four to five miles in front Re holds & position covering the various roads leading to Fiagerstown and Wililemeport and resting in greater OF Jens force o@ the Anwetam sireams. Yesterday afternoon our cavalry was sent out oo are commovmennce, and met the ooemy near Bmitnield, A brief and pall Geht wok place Jobe Niet ,¢ om THE IMPENDING BATTLE FIELD. 1 | | : | pany A, First Peuneyivania cavalry, wae rightly wound €d by & qpent ball io the log, aed W. J. Fulton, of the ONOCACY, CHUROA S OOLSVILLE SONS ISLAND DWARDS FERRY MR. ALEX. HOUSTON the army of the Oontending Armies of DESPATCH Haspquanrens, Anut or rue Povomsr, July 10,186) AY) Ww excitement and etthuriaem among the soldiers. Gloom and doubt bad been lingering around os for to loug | that we began to lone bepe, But tbe fortumate change, | with the glorious victories, hae fairly gives new life to OVERMENTE OF THR AIT Free PROT Yerteraay (he whole army wae in mnotion and wow we | fre within a few miles of tbe eumty, Yesterday Huford’s | command of cavalry bad & Oyht with about oyu bere of the enemy on the road between Bounabore and | Lert eveting (here «an rk irmnteheng. Hagerstown, morning heavy cabnomading can be bears fh of Avtigtam, We are expecting tight v day, The staff abeoot + are 0 eave headquarters today, lo © days OV Re CATAL RY MIRAE — tm Ce fn the skirmishing yerter(ay we geined poion of } te bile and drove ibe retels MAINE COMpABY Abd regiment, war also Wounded HOTErOT | A. sie muat takey be prownd—drive the * ws Whe left shoulder Out eavalry Off but failed The following @ & Het of eam mitien in the Bonn sew yore cavatay Wounded: Seryeant T. * Fare Co on Corporai HM liatw we rergeant | FF tev ( ol ent tiegh Sergeant Jeet Tegior € 11 ehow Ker. Patrick Hayes, tine WA. Lyne, Cok bee “ ve, (« ~ Fm Cantidad Co Blot (high fer Co Be bew wn, COB, right Rowe ‘Thoms Fygert (6 Fret remen me “ Oy poral A. Bergen be a and left ete Corporal (biicett Jarven McKeegan Co f damee Waite Ce 1 ert home wee ww John Reeltiey Co 0, nent thet om Fb Ae FOOT Om Oe Om VOR FORE wT REND. Weenie cnnpien (ee, COG, beth gem iat Win 1. Reet, (6 B, abiomen—ded tae 6 Obert Ce Kb YOR) mere mew Fe fey tateo - Orne, Forte a a od Le The eoemy made of atiempl to out | Ther singly wm were romgh oud billy, the eacne camy nents of the ¥ ineg ever were Re ee ND NA ONT he hght. They we Aue of ot aed © 7 Gaere) tetera wold bie tebe,’ and required Of them, The cavairy are gaiw part metih ahowe the power Of enduremee mniition in the Gokiier Ment of the Linme it ads geemeaily We senrcaly remained one dug in end, WH several of the meal bendy Af, Me men ANE Ae Re KIOOe net eager io “ty three wtroug NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE FOUR CENTS . Pp ') nts are ding well. In the White Church thee wore 01 hundred robel prisovers wick, but Cow ainputations ‘This bowpital bas had over eight hundred Union sukiions jn both buildings. In the First division, seeoud brigade, Firet corps Hospital they had five hundred and ity ex but few bad died, They bad ono buedred and twenty rebel soldiers under the same care. At ibe Meserve ar Uilery Hospital they bave nearly two hundred paticots, cluding D. R, Ransom, Captain Third United States ar tl ory; Lieutenant C. P. Eatin, Firet United States arte Jory; Lieutenant H, D. Seott, FMB Massachusetts battery; Lieatenant E. & Knox, Fifteenth New York Indepevdent. Mr. Osborve ie superintenaent =This hospital m located | at the Two Taverns, four miles from Gettysburg. On our | line of march, when Raving Gettysburg, the beadquarte » postmaster visited all bespitals and onilected the letters from the soldiers who were sick This was ap act of kindoess on bis part to our sick and wounded brethren. THE SEVENTH REGIMENT AT THE WAR. ‘The feventh left Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, ou Mon- day, the 6th inet , and were sent to the front, and regin- tered in the Second division—French’s—of the Third corps of the Army of the Potomac, A detachment, under Captain Clark, wan at once sent out on picket, Captuin Borsel has bees placed in command of a force, ineloding ® batiery of United States raguiages at the Moneacy bridge, aod is commandant of se, Colonel Leferta has been placed in command of the forers »t Fr City, General Freceh having advanced wi superintends everything pertaining to pe Tegiment Is DOW FOeINg active service, and w re 4 good account of themselves It the opportunity offers. A SON OF ADMIRAL PAULDING PRISONER. Barton, July 11, 1809 A loiter received bere rays thai Adiniral Paulding’'s fon, of the Sixth United States cavalry lake pric iu er by the rebels on Thureday, He is well AID FOR THE WOUNDED. Fexpencx Cry, Ma. July 0, 1669 Since the batile (f Getrysburg the Sau\tary Comm ianion has dintribuied to the wiek and wounded of the Army of , apd of the enemy ty lng fy the bompitoin witty of horpital nupplier, ad 4 the way w Geltyebu ¢ TAKEN A © hundred w have now five rail Floods The ident of the Con mn, De. Agnew, ond ir Douglas, are at Gottyrb rg tho General Secreta y, Vr fown: ner, Dr Wonwiow aud Dr, Brink, with @ corm Of relief apeats aod & weg im tral, atleud (he movements Of the army from this point; De. Swat nh anbe the column of General Couch in the Cumbe d valley Maur Hare in baer Me. Lewin im Philadelphia, str Knapp and Mr. Pancoast in Paltimore ; Me Hellows in Washington ; Mr, Clampitt at Frederick, superin tend the transinission of supplies, Rach of ceptiomen hax hal two years’ « the army. Care, seccggganiog by +p agente eave Doxton, Now York, Bullalo and Philadelphia for tho pointe of demand, of often as supplies acoumul ficient quantities, Special arrangements are Prevent de ay in their movements with the railr panios and with the government tributed by the experienced agents of uh Their zeal in reaching the poinia where other ai be depended upon ts indicated by the fact that io the pre sent campaign three agents of the Comminsion have been captured by the enemy's cavairy in pusling ruccor Lo exposed pointe, The wagour of (ho Comraisin, under the superintendence of Mr. Hoag, virited the co tlect) nm of wounded on the held of Gettysburg while (he battion of the Si and 8d inate. were in progress, and hours be fore supplies reached them from other quarters ‘The Commission is operating ip like inanner in vil (\Ler elds. One Bundred thousand doliare’ worth of go de ave Deen seut to the eolumu of Geuere! tmnky in Loin tania. Much more thas thet to these of Genera) Grit 0d Gegeral Hosecramm, At this moment the Comino» je nauing gvods to the value of at le@t twenty thou d dollars ($20,000) a day. A work Of this onarace © and Magnitude cao only be sustained by the constant syste inalic co-operation of @ great pummber of euritiany work ter bod by frequent coutributious from all who appreciaie i Deneficence To such, the barest statement reminds g thom of the fagte, and of the well kmowe pulley 61 ihe ‘Commianion ean only be required. It te only aemed that the present cocasion may be Lasen to establtad a tore com pleve adoption of the rystern of the Commiasion by ihe cou ection Of individuals with existing societies en operating with the Comision, by eoforcmg more steady, regu ar end systematic methede of colleeting and traremitting contributions, and by ewtablicbing & couviethn of the folly of sparmodic emorts in a work Of this kind Huw Greda will owe their lives this week (0 thare whe did not bold thelr band when there was no special public meot, by which the Commission bad stores Frederick, Haltimore and Wanhington, and reserven at Philatelybia, New York and Horton. Those why with w cordially 0 WHE the Commintion will mow gu to Work a5 if we were Jot entering upon a loog war. and with no thought ¢ nd ny A momentary euthucham ie not esired but the Commiseton offer ite ageney te all «be nh Lo ateadily coutribute Wo the relief of the mem and ded, and to the comfort of the ormy, by suck mevne wthods as exyerience neds to adopt The supplier a or wort and the revels are cumuered, aud the ¥ danied—whih lel, under uo cir cuimebe cocur for along \me w cone, Lat thom begun Wo work tyetematieally for the army begin now Let (hone who lmve been working sled ily become mare whe wave Lot (met and orderly iw ibe . } ediv dual Copmisibulene aboull, «hin prectionbie be made Wo logs! nocietien 1 B® wnuncenanry to oak what be eayecially Leeded—common sense wii Bo! what more fal in the care of the eich snd wounded men an excene of Any OTdnATY Clam Of articles Cann Gear Hoetetion should endeavor es mach os paeibie to mabe Feguier ebipments W (be depots et whit alee pede can de nasoried, arranged and sbipped tm exact acourdume ith the demand of the eriny at Aiterent ja The number of these depoie caomet be wrremred end | Geode cannot be received otherwine than through thew | without Couring UNneCOmery experts and trouble to the Cmeamen, wor wiibeut « dimineues of (ber vee For instance, those whe hawe lately gent their pods Ww Washington, wittewt orders in many coner, may cow force the Crinmuern Ws bold thew» | fepeck sod relraneport therm portly , ‘ ponaibly, they commint of nyretintly called for wt tow | moment io Bosin, or New Vouk, or Lowmy ibe for trent rian Wo Port Royal, Port Hedaow, or Von Letters and contributions may be nent toe iber of (he | Ofticmn of ne Comue imeien tails « b “6 ' . | . York Picteborg, Mufteix Chumat), Columbus, Crieago 1 an Ore tributions my be rm GRUNGE T BTRONG The es ad Beau 8 Fnae, Law Ouammnae reweras teoretar y ew | AID POR THE UNITED /TAle ' N COMMISION j Pens ares y nee The Uwited Masten | brietian ¢ ein hae received in airivate ¢ he pm week, vee meuey end mteren sinly Uhowemed daar orten be ous thousand Qxtiare Twenty 4/6 temmand Aniiars © 0 voluntary fering by Netee © 8 at me (ee be tae Bectnces A Menai Wwe oe Vee eo teed ‘ hare daring to «the eet 4 Um woendet HUNDRED WOUNDED 108 (hme Ph vine plelng (he. Nee heoteire . be pimahere aad Vortry one at ‘ wenty tno or, Oe hundred Oh het pot ve y feat minmng—* ghorioue ° - newes we r , negroes dren More os ewmis cxmspltion * — * > Warer, © ‘ 7 wey be Filth or | Y on ‘i te, nei Aller, toms rorly eghs borene kihet | ¢ ‘ t ta.) eevee ' © +a0 wounded ot tbe feet - tre, and | evteract be won viaced ie r 7 the better mm “ - every sheng wut . oe ah fire) him nek sow het eolbing wan chee = one WOES Dead ke dierent Lamyiinle yemerény, ars bint the